Software company founder McAfee charged with tax evasion

By ADRIAN SAINZOctober 5, 2020 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been charged with evading taxes after failing to report income made from promoting cryptocurrencies while he did consulting...

Millionaire John McAfee arrested in Dominican Republic

July 24, 2019 GMT

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Millionaire John McAfee said Wednesday that he was released from detention in the Dominican Republic along with five others.

Man who took Alabama town for $1.9M sentenced to 5 years

By KIM CHANDLERMarch 26, 2019 GMT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The founder of business incubator who pleaded guilty to scamming residents of an Alabama city was sentenced Tuesday to more than five years in prison and ordered to return...

Tennessee prosecutors end clash over opioids lawsuits

April 14, 2018 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A clash has ended between the Tennessee attorney general and local prosecutors over lawsuits against drug companies for costs of the opioid epidemic.

Attorney General Herbert Slatery stepped out of the district attorneys' case Thursday in Campbell County Circuit Court, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. A representative of his office read a statement and handed Judge John McAfee an order in which he agreed to back down.

Depp to star in film as McAfee antivirus software inventor

May 15, 2017 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Depp is set to star in "King of the Jungle," a dark comedy about the eccentric inventor of McAfee Antivirus software, John McAfee.

Condé Nast Entertainment said Sunday that the story is based on a Wired magazine article about the tech titan who left the business to live an isolated existence in the Belize jungle.